Programme Associate

Council on Energy, Environment and Water (CEEW), New Delhi
Programme Associate - Uttar Pradesh, Powering Livelihoods

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**Designation offered**
Programme Associate - Uttar Pradesh, Powering Livelihoods

**Reporting to**
Programme Lead, Powering Livelihoods

**Location**
Lucknow

**Purpose**

In 2020, CEEW has embarked on the initiative 'Powering Livelihoods', in association with Villgro, with an aim to catalyse a transformation of India’s rural economy with clean energy solutions. The $3 million initiative aims to provide capital, technical, and sectoral growth support to social enterprises deploying clean energy-powered livelihood appliances to help them undertake large-scale commercial deployments with an explicit gender lens integration.

**Key Responsibilities**

**Outreach and stakeholder management**
- Leading CEEW’s Powering Livelihoods team’s engagement with the UPSRLM, Prerna Ojas, UPNEDA and other relevant departments at the district and state level.
- Forging strong relationships and associations with the relevant state departments and civil society stakeholders.
- Building awareness around Powering Livelihoods objectives and other related work programmes of CEEW in Lucknow and Uttar Pradesh.
- Organising public and closed-door stakeholder meetings and consultations to facilitate improved coordination between government and civil society stakeholders.
- Unlock new engagement opportunities for the CEEW team.
- Connecting the dots between CEEW’s research and policy developments with the work happening in the state and disseminating their findings in appropriate settings.
- Developing policy notes/memos/presentations in response to government requests.
- Present relevant research in a coherent manner that can be understood by a wide range of audiences.

**Research and analysis**
- Using information from recent scientific assessments, primary research and insights from stakeholder consultations to develop a time-bound implementation plan for the adoption and promotion of DRE powered livelihood solutions.
- Providing technical and administrative support to UPSRLM, Prerna Ojas in identifying and implementing appropriate business strategies.
- Keep a tab on the sectoral development, new findings, research pieces etc in the gender smart business growth sector (especially within the DRE Livelihood space)
- Putting in place a robust monitoring and evaluation mechanism to track progress on the agreed actions between different stakeholders.
- Support the team in evidence generation regarding the impact of this partnership on both the UPSRLM, Perna Ojas level and the end-user level. Such as impact on incomes, new livelihoods created, active repayment of loans, servicing of debt, business sustainability, marketing and sales success etc.

**Programme Management**
- Manage the progress, challenges and new opportunities in the state and align with Powering Livelihoods team on a proactive basis.
- Ensure proactive communication, and transparency, and manage expectations of all programme stakeholders including enterprises, donors, policymakers, partners, and ecosystem stakeholders.
- Assist with the overall plan of activities under the initiative while being an integral part of the team.
- Ensure the timelines and the commitment under the partnership with UPSRLM and Prerna Ojas are met on a regular basis.

**Selection Criteria**

**Education**
- Master's degree with a specialisation in Public Policy, Regulatory Governance, Renewable Energy, Rural Development, Livelihoods or related field.
- Exposure to productive use of energy, rural development (women beneficiaries), and gender lens is a plus.
- Understanding of relevant ministries and departments and their scheme promoting livelihood and microenterprises in India is a plus

**Work experience**
- 4-7 years of relevant work experience in the field of programme implementation and project management, preferably in the livelihoods and renewable energy domain.
- Should have prior experience in stakeholder engagement, particularly with government stakeholders
- Strong track record of project assistance and timely delivery of outputs
- Experience in dealing with public and private institutions

**Key skills**
- Coherent thinking with e